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Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

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Post by anigbrowl »

Blahah wrote: post #37

Beautiful idea and execution. Seems to me that you could monetise this by selling to businesses. For example, you say in the comments that amazon still sells some toys that have been recalled. This is illegal and could land them in some trouble. So you can approach them with a price for recall updates matched to their product listings, so they can suspend sales. If you word the licensing right you can then give the s…

Yeah, I think the real value here is not in B2C, but B2B where you specialize in providing regulatory information to retailers in actionable form, like correlating SKUs with product URLs and so forth.

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

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Post by fishnchips »

taco_emoji wrote: post #43
fishnchips wrote: post #41

Beautiful execution but I find the purpose misguided. I am a parent too so maybe that's a cultural difference (EU vs US?) but if my kid choked on a toy I would pay closer attention to toys going forward rather than look for toy vendors to do my parenting for me.

How about both?

Sure, as a parent you should be able to decide what the appropriate response is. But at least to me this particular class of problems does not need an app but simple common sense.

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

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Post by hughstephens »

grey-area wrote: post #42
heelhook wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, I actually copied the image to see what it'd look like in place and forgot to take it out. I'll address that first thing! Again. Thanks so much for that!

Did you pay for the other illustrations on your home page? They look a bit disparate, and some turn up elsewhere in an image search: https://dribbble.com/shots/1553377-Changing-Homes?list=users... http://dabbled.org/this-robot-has-expired/ http://www.creativebloq.com/illustration/illustrations-strip... If not perhaps consider paying one of the illustrators (Daniel González stuff looks excellent) to make you a set of…

I suspect he's just grabbed this template:

https://wrapbootstrap.com/theme/triangle-multi-purpose-templ...

but yes, you make an excellent point. Equally I agree with his approach of using a $9 template before validating w customers and working out the business model...not sure what the theme site says about the images licence wise but it's not necessarily a bad abstraction to assume that images included with a template are licenced with it if they aren't watermarked etc.

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

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Post by simcop2387 »

fishnchips wrote: post #52
taco_emoji wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about both?

Sure, as a parent you should be able to decide what the appropriate response is. But at least to me this particular class of problems does not need an app but simple common sense.

Not a parent yet, but I'd probably use something like this less as something to find out if there's a choking hazard, but in case there's something I don't think of that might be a problem. Fire hazard because it shipped with a faulty power regulator the overheats? Exploding batteries? Those are things that I wouldn't be able to tell at first glance that they'd necessarily be a problem.

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

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Post by slapshot »

This model seems to come up every few years but never quite makes it. Here's a version from 2000 with uglier graphics and more shouty copy, but the same idea: https://web.archive.org/web/20001018093126/http://www.safety... . I remember another version where you scanned your household goods to get recall updates.

Of course, previous failure doesn't mean the model is doomed (see grocery delivery in 2014 vs 2000) but there may be a piece missing --- is this a service that Amazon or Toys-R-Us could provide as a value add? Otherwise I'm not sure how you get CAC below LTV at a scale to cover overhead.

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

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Post by fishnchips »

simcop2387 wrote: post #54
fishnchips wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, as a parent you should be able to decide what the appropriate response is. But at least to me this particular class of problems does not need an app but simple common sense.

Not a parent yet, but I'd probably use something like this less as something to find out if there's a choking hazard, but in case there's something I don't think of that might be a problem. Fire hazard because it shipped with a faulty power regulator the overheats? Exploding batteries? Those are things that I wouldn't be able to tell at first glance that they'd necessarily be a problem.

How far does this rabbit hole go, though? Your kid may just as well be the first victim of a yet unknown fault. You can't protect them from everything and trying to do so will only cause you anxiety. Wouldn't you rather spend your mental energy on something more positive?

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

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Post by gburt »

heelhook wrote: post #20
jared314 wrote: post #8

Is this a front end on top of the current government provided resources [1] [2] [3], or does this include other sources? [1] http://www.recalls.gov/ [2] http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/ [3] http://www.saferproducts.gov/

I'm using those sources, but I'm also monitoring a few dozen parents and educators forums where safety concerns are sometimes raised, even if they don't convert into actual recalls, and treat those reports as minor alerts.

Manually?

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

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Post by grey-area »

hughstephens wrote: post #53
grey-area wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you pay for the other illustrations on your home page? They look a bit disparate, and some turn up elsewhere in an image search: https://dribbble.com/shots/1553377-Changing-Homes?list=users... http://dabbled.org/this-robot-has-expired/ http://www.creativebloq.com/illustration/illustrations-strip... If not perhaps consider paying one of the illustrators (Daniel González stuff looks excellent) to make you a set of…

I suspect he's just grabbed this template: https://wrapbootstrap.com/theme/triangle-multi-purpose-templ... but yes, you make an excellent point. Equally I agree with his approach of using a $9 template before validating w customers and working out the business model...not sure what the theme site says about the images licence wise but it's not necessarily a bad abstraction to assume that images included with a templa…

Seems really unlikely that template has licensed all those images either given it's from a template farm that looks like they churn these things out and the many sources.
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